Daily Editorial Analysis

News & Editorial Analysis 20 December 2022 The Hindu News Analysis COP-15 summit adopts historic biodiversity deal (Environment: GS lll) Page 1 Nearly 200 countries, including India, approved a historic Paris-style deal, Kunming-Montreal Agreement, on Monday to protect  and reverse dangerous loss to global biodiversity at the COP-15 biodiversity summit in Canada. The Chinese brokered deal is aimed at saving the lands, oceans and species from pollution, degradation and climate change. The principle enshrined in climate […]

News & Editorial Analysis 19 December 2022 The Hindu News Analysis Citizenship path to be eased for 6 minority groups from 3 nations ( Polity: GS ll) Page 1 The Union government will ease grant of citizenship to members of six minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh whose passports have ceased to be valid during their stay in India. The Home Ministry is expected to revamp the citizenship portal to accept passport

News & Editorial Analysis 18 December 2022 The Hindu News Analysis Pendency poses a hurdle  to Supreme Court’s role as protector of citizens’ rights (Polity: GS ll) Page 6 Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has said the very purpose of the Supreme Court is to hear every little cry for personal liberty and protection of Fundamental Rights. But pendency is a perennial drawback that affects the court’s role as the timely protector of citizens’ rights. The statement came amid the allegations

News & Editorial Analysis 17 December 2022 The Hindu News Analysis Wayanad rice festival promotes climate resilient crops (Agriculture: GS lll) Page 5 A Kerala based organisation named Thanal  has embarked on a unique conservation experiment, planting 300 climate resilient varieties of traditional rice on 1.5 acre of land at its agroecology centre in Panavally in the Wayanad district. They have launched Ikki Jathre, or the Festival of Rice in tribal parlance.

News & Editorial Analysis 16 December 2022 The Hindu China builds ropeway, roads near tri-junction (Internal Security: GS lll)  Page 1. China has set up a ropeway near the Torsa Nala located near Dokhlam on its side of the India­-Bhutan-China tri-junction, and is strengthening roads and other infrastructure along the entire eastern sector. In the Yangtse area of Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh, China had stepped up patrols some years ago to assert its claims in the area, after finding that their grazers could not move in and out. What irks the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is

News & Editorial Analysis 15 December 2022 The Hindu SC gives Centre three months to form Tamil Nadu-Karnataka water disputes tribunal (Society : GS l) Page 3 The Supreme Court gave the Centre three months to constitute an Inter­-state River Water Disputes Tribunal to resolve the dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over constructions in Pennaiyar river. Tamil Nadu had filled an original suit in 2018 against Karnataka’s work on check dams and diversions’ structures in the river maintaining that The flowing water of an Inter-State river was a national asset, and no single state can claim exclusive ownership of it.

The Hindu Chinese tried to change LAC status quo: Rajnath (Important for Internal Security: GS lll) Page 1 The Chinese troops unilaterally tried to alter the status  quo on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at Yangste in Twang  sector in Arunachal Pradesh and the move was contested by Indian soldiers in a firm and resolute manner: Defence Minister

The Hindu Analysis Curbing individualism in public health (Important for GS ll: Welfare Schemes) Page 6 There is a strong tendency in public health to prioritise individual oriented interventions over societal oriented population based approaches, also known as individualism in public health. This is obvious for problems such as under nutrition, for which individualist solutions such as micronutrient supplementation and food fortification have been proposed as solutions

The Hindu Analysis Stop grading terrorists as good and bad: India in UN (Important for Security: GS lll) Page 1 The era of classifying terrorists as “bad” or “good” on the basis  of “political convenience” must end immediately: India in UN. Categorizing terror acts by intent as religious or ideologically motivated will dilute the shared global commitment to fighting terrorism. Stressing that terrorism cannot be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group, the concept note circulated by India in the UN said all acts of

Forest Department’s initiative to restore natural vegetation (Important for Environment: GS lll) Page 6 The Forest Department in association with Noolpuzha grama panchayat in Kerala has launched the ‘Vanikaran’ (afforestation) project to root out invasive plants, especially Senna spectabilis, and restore natural forests. The project was being executed on forestland under the Sulthan Bathery forest range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala. Apart from planting the saplings, the authorities ensure the protection of plants for the next five years under